Franssen Herderschee,Alphons. — Verslag van de Gonini-Expeditie.

Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1905. 174 pp. [10] plts with 19 b./w. photographs, 3 fold. plts with b./w. ills (collotypes) & 1 large folding col. map. Rebound in modern hardcover binding (dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, the orig. light blue printed front cover is mounted on the front boards). 8vo. (Official offprint from: Tijdschrift van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Aardrijkskundig Genootschap ; Jrg. 1905). - Title page sl. torn.On the title page a collection stamp: "Boekerij G.A.F. Molengraaff". Gustaaf Adolf Frederik Molengraaff (Nijmegen, 27 February 1860 - Wassenaar, 26 March 1942) was a Dutch geologist, biologist and explorer. He was an authority on the geology of South Africa and the Dutch East Indies. - - The author Alphons Franssen Herderschee (Bandjermasin, 4 September 1872 - Nice, 15 August 1932) was a Dutch officer of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) who led several exploration and scientific expeditions in Suriname and Dutch New Guinea at the beginning of the twentieth century. Franssen Herderschee joined the KNIL in 1892 and immediately distinguished himself in battles that were the result of the colonial expansion of the Netherlands in the Dutch East Indies. As early as 1895, when he was still a second lieutenant, he was awarded the Military Order of William for demonstrated bravery (Royal Decree of 9 April 1895 number 32, for his actions during the Lombok Expedition). Later he became an officer in the Topografische Dienst (Topographical Service) of the army and was active in Suriname. For his leadership of the Gonini expedition in 1903 and the Tapanahony expedition in 1904 he was again decorated. At the time of the publication of the book he was a first lieutenant in the Topographische Dienst of the Dutch East Indies Army.